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House Voting Schedule
September 22, 23, 24, 29, 30
October 1, 6, 7, 8, 27, 28, 29
November 17, 18, 19
December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17
Senate Voting Schedule
September 8, 9, 10
October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
November 17, 18, 19
December 8, 9, 10
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
WARNING: This Is Budget Season, Watch Out For Anything!
August 18 - 23-- Registration Open! Philadelphia Solar Week
August 19-- CANCELED. Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Geoff Bristow, gbristow@pa.gov or (717) 783-8411. (formal notice)
August 20-- Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.
August 20-- DEP Informal Conference [Open House/Hearing] On A New LCT Energy, LP Rustic Ridge II Bituminous Underground Coal Mine In Westmoreland County. St. Raymond of the Mountains Parish, 170 School House Lane, Donegal, PA 15628. 6:00 p.m.
August 20-- Penn State Extension Hosts 20 Webinar On Oil & Gas Development Impacts On Groundwater Quality, Public Health. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
August 21-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.
-- August 18 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 9 to 15 - Illegal Disposal Of 66,780 Gallons Of Conventional Wastewater; 4 Impoundments Not Restored; 3 Conventional Wells Mined Through [PaEN]
-- DEP Issued Violations To Iron Cumberland, LLC For Illegally Disposing Of 66,780 Gallons Of Conventional Well Plugging Wastes At Coal Refuse Disposal Area In Greene County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Conventional Well Plugging Operation Contaminates Spring In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: PUC Judge Suspends Rhodes Estate Water Companies Litigation Schedule On Future Ownership [Fallout Continues From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill In Venango County] [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 16 [PaEN]
--- DEP Sets Sept. 17 Public Meeting/Hearing On Air Quality Permit For The Proposed 4.5 Gigawatt Natural Gas Power Plant At The Homer City A.I. Data Center Complex In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Permit For 204 Aboveground Storage Tanks Totaling 1.3 Million Gallons At Proposed Amazon A.I. Data Center In Salem Twp., Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- DEP Will Hold Sept. 24 Hearing On A Chapter 105, Stormwater Permits For The PennDOT I-80 Reconstruction Project In Stroud Twp., Monroe County [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 84 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 16 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Beaver Times Guest Essay: Clean Energy Shouldn’t Be Excluded From Pennsylvania’s Future - By Katie Blume, Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania [PDF of Article]
-- MCall Guest Essay: Transforming Pennsylvania’s Energy Future By Reforming Act 129 Energy Conservation Program - By Brian Jenkins, Building Decarbonization Coalition [PDF of Article]
-- MCall: 70 Years After Hurricane Diane, Is The Lehigh Valley Better Prepared For Major Floods?
-- Post-Gazette: Removing PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ From Firefighting Equipment Not Simple
-- Hanover Evening Sun: Hanover Now Requires Developers To Contribute To Expanding Water Supply
-- TribLive: Sale Of Sutersville-Sewickley Sewer System Awaits State Approval In Westmoreland
-- The Allegheny Front/WVIA: Officials Urge Caution, Preventive Measures During PA’s West Nile Virus Season
Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
-- Explosion At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Kills 2, 10 Injured; Search For Answers Beings At 109-Year-Old Plant With A History Of Fatal Fires, Air Pollution Violations [PaEN] [Compilation Of Articles]
Train Derailments
-- PennLive: Cleanup Underway After Nearly A Dozen Norfolk Southern Rail Cars Derail In City Of Harrisburg
A.I. /Data Centers
-- York Daily Record: New $500 Million A.I. Data Center Proposed For Fairview Twp., York County [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: A.I. Data Center Developer Also Building Warehouse By Lackawanna Energy Center
-- In Case You Missed It -- A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week [PaEN]
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- WFMZ: State Lawmakers Go Home Until September; PA Senate Republican Leader Defends Budget Action
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: State Budget Delay Brings Worry, Chaos
-- Spotlight PA: People Seeking To Clear Their Record Of A Criminal Convention Can Now Do So Online In PA
-- WITF: Student Vaping Habits Pose Concerns For Educators; Central PA Schools Look To Reduce Use
-- TribLive: Conservative College Student Organizations More Empowered To Share Views
-- Dept. Of Labor & Industry Reports July Unemployment 4%, 27th Consecutive Month Equal To Or Below National Average
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